The Dales Season 2
The Dales is a British television programme hosted by Ade Edmondson. The series follows Ade as he explores the Yorkshire Dales, getting to know the area and meeting the residents.
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Adrian Edmondson visits Kirkby Malham to meet members of the Wildman family, who have a rich farming heritage in the area. Father Chris is a fifth-generation butcher who plans to build his own charcuterie on the farm. The presenter also heads to Nidderdale, where sheep farmer Suzanne Benson reveals all about her new business of llama-trekking.
Adrian Edmondson visits Middleham to meet racehorse trainer Simon West, who hopes to turn around the fortunes of the local stables. The presenter also catches up with farmers Carol and Phillip Mellin, who have embarked on a new venture breeding and training sheepdogs, while villagers in Swaledale hold a remembrance service to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Hudswell air disaster.
Estate agent Brian Carlisle holds an open day at the Catrigg Force waterfall near Ribblesdale, hoping to attract potential buyers to the landmark. Plus, potholing enthusiasts Jude Onions and Johnny Latimer get married at Ingleborough cave, and Adrian Edmondson meets 10-year-old Daisy Watkiss, who hosts a weekly show on community station Drystone Radio.
This shows features the centenary celebration dinner at The Boar’s Head at Ripley Castle. Ade manages to fulfil a life long dream when he gets to ride on the footplate of a steam train on the Settle to Carlisle railway line.
Ade begins his summer with a journey over the Dales in a helicopter. He stops at Ravenseat Farm where sheep farmers Clive and Amanda Owen live along with their five young children. He later spends the night in the Owens’s newly refurbished Shepherd’s Hut where Amanda uses the river as a place to cool the drinks.